Greg Comber News Today

Joining us now slidell, louisiana mayor greg comber. good to have you on. i understand your emergency crews, theyve been doing some rescues. tell us what theyve seen? >> good morning, jim. we have -- it was a long night last night and i finally got off the streets about 12:30. everything looked fairly decent. some trees and some power lines down. and i went to sleep, i guess on the the couch about 2:00 and 4:00 my police chief came in and turned the light on and said you need to get up. we have ...

Within three to four hours the water was starting to recede and we had to pull the boats out because we would have been stranded and now were in with high water vehicles an taking people out of the neighborhood on the lower side of town. >> the images of people rescued from rooftops makes you think of katrina and that is how a lot of lives were lost in that storm. and now the water in your area seem to be receding? >> in the bayou area, yes, sir. but we dont think that is the height of it yet. w...